[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 66 (Thursday, April 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15065-15066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8252]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5453-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Notification of Regulated Waste Activity Under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Part A Hazardous Waste 
Permit Application and Modification, and Part B Permit Application, 
Permit Modifications, and Special Permits

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that EPA is planning to submit three 
continuing Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to allow the Agency to collect data for 
Notification of Regulated Waste Activities (Notification), Part A 
Hazardous Waste Permit Application and Modification (Part A), and Part 
B Permit Application, Modification and Special Permits (Part B). 
Notification is required from any person who generates or transports 
regulated waste or who owns or operates a facility for the treatment, 
storage, or disposal of regulated waste. Part A and Part B Permit 
Applications are required for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and 
disposal facilities (TSDs). These ICRs are reinstatements of previously 
approved information collections. Before submitting the ICRs to OMB for 
review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of 
the proposed information collections as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Docket Number F-96-NAIP-FFFFF, 
located in the RCRA Docket Information Center, Office of Solid Waste 
(5305W), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters (EPA HQ), 
401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. One original and two copies of 
each comment should be submitted. Hand delivery of comments should be 
made to the RCRA Information Center (RIC), located at Crystal Gateway 
I, First Floor, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. The RIC is 
open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding federal 
holidays. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the draft ICR by 
calling (703) 308-8440.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Vizzone, Analysis and 
Information Branch (5302W), 401 M

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Street SW, Washington, DC 20460, (703) 308-8440.

I. Information Collection Requests

    EPA is seeking comments on the following ICRs:
    Title: Notification of Regulated Waste Activity, EPA ICR #261, OMB 
No. 2050-0028; RCRA Hazardous Waste Permit Application and Modification 
Part A, EPA ICR #262, OMB No. 2050-0034; and Part B Permit Application, 
Permit Modifications, and Special Permits, EPA ICR #1573, OMB No. 2050-
0009.
    Affected Entities: Entities affected by this action are generators, 
transporters and owners/operators of hazardous waste management 
facilities.
    Abstract: Section 3010 of Subtitle C of RCRA, as amended, requires 
any person who generates or transports regulated waste or who owns or 
operates a facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal (TSD) of 
regulated waste to notify EPA of their activities, including the 
location and general description of the activities and the regulated 
wastes handled. Section 3005 of Subtitle C of RCRA requires TSDs to 
obtain a permit. To obtain the permit, the TSD must submit an 
application describing the facility's operation. There are two parts to 
the RCRA permit application--Part A and Part B. Part A defines the 
processes to be used for treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous 
wastes; the design capacity of such processes; and the specific 
hazardous wastes to be handled at a facility. Part B requires detailed 
site specific information such as geologic, hydrologic, and engineering 
data. In the event that permit modifications are proposed by an 
applicant or EPA, modifications must conform to the requirements under 
Sections 3004 and 3005. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a 
person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB 
control numbers for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 
48 CFR Chapter 15.
    Burden Statement: The estimated average public burden per 
respondent for renewing the existing notification ICR is about 4.35 
hours per respondent. This estimate includes all aspects of the 
information collection including time for reviewing instructions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering data, and completing and 
reviewing the form.
    The estimated average public burden per respondent for renewing the 
existing Part A ICR is about 51.2 hours per respondent. The estimate 
for Part A includes time for reading the regulations, preparing and 
submitting revised Part A Permit Applications, preparing and submitting 
justifications for changes, and preparing and submitting Subpart H 
compliance demonstrations.
    The estimated average public burdens per respondent for renewing 
the existing Part B ICR is as follows:
--Demonstrations under Sec. 264.90: 0.5 hours
--Demonstrations and exemptions: 40 hours
--Legal review: 100 hours
--Permit information under Sec. 270.10(j): 10 hours
--Demonstrations under Sec. 270.14(a): 6 minutes
--General facility standards: 165 hours
--Financial assurance: 23 hours
--Ground-water protection: 111 hours
--Specific unit requirements under Sec. 270.15 through Sec. 270.26: 418 
hours
--Permit modifications: 83 hours
--Renewal of permits: 112 hours
--Special forms of permits: 163 hours
    Respondents: Generators (notification only) and Treaters, storers, 
and disposers of Hazardous Waste.
    Estimated number of Respondents per Year: 46,000 (notification), 
160 (Part A), variable (Part B).
    Frequency of Collection: For all three ICRs, collection occurs one-
time per respondent, unless regulations are revised and promulgated. 
Timing of the submission of the notification form, the Part A permit 
and the Part B permit are variable depending on the status of the 
respondent and the timing of the promulgation of regulations.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 200,100 hours 
(notification). 4,327 hours (Part A). 404,872 hours (Part B). Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed 
to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize 
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to 
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; 
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; 
search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; 
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.

II. Request for Comments

    The Agency will begin an effort to examine the Notification, Part 
A, and Part B forms and consider options for reducing their burden and 
increasing the usefulness of the information collected by these forms. 
The Agency would appreciate any information on the users of this 
information, how they use this information, how the information could 
be improved, and how the burden for these forms can be reduced. In 
addition, the Agency is also soliciting comments that:
    (i) evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

III Public Docket

    A record has been established for this action under docket number 
F-96-NAIP-FFFFF. A public version of this record, including printed, 
paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include any 
information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 8 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The public 
record is located in the RCRA Information Center (RIC), located at 
Crystal Gateway I, First Floor, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA.
Michael Shapiro,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 96-8252 Filed 4-3-96; 8:45 am]
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